John Franklin Miller (June 9, 1862 – May 28, 1936), an
American politician, served as a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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from 1917 to 1931. He represented the First Congressional District of
Washington
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as a
Republican. He also served as the
Mayor of Seattle
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from 1908 through 1910.
Miller ran for election to the seat being vacated by fellow Republican
William Humphrey (who was running for
United States Senate
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) in 1916, winning that election and the elections of 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, and 1928. He was defeated for the Republican nomination in 1930 by
Ralph Horr
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, who then won the general election. John Franklin Miller was named after his uncle, also
John Franklin Miller, a senator from
California
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. Both sometimes went by John F. Miller.
Miller supported racist policies in Congress, claiming to his fellow House members that "No greater tragedy can befall an American girl than to become the wife of a Japanese," and "There is not a scientist, an alienist, a scholar of the world who does not believe in the preservation of racial purity."
[65Cong.Rec.5884 1924]
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1862 births
1936 deaths
20th-century mayors of places in Washington (state)
Mayors of Seattle
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Washington (state)
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives